If a pre-filled email hasn t opened up for you, please do one of the following: Subject : Email Whitelisting Body : Hi, Id like to receive all communications from The Ken. If our emails have landed in your spam/junk folder, drag any one email to your main inbox. These are one-time fixes to ensure that you don t miss out on anything interesting. Dang, you re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Your email is on its way! We ve emailed your gift link. Want us to send some more? CAREERS AT THE KEN Staff Writer (Internet) ABOUT THE KEN The Ken is India s first and largest subscriptions-based media company. Established in October 2016, we publish deeply reported, analytical, and well-narrated stories every day across formats such as longform features, newsletters, and podcasts. Our subscriber community, the majority of whom are in India, comprise innovative and successful entrepreneurs and senior executives; venture capitalists; policymakers; MBA students; and dozens of companies. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for an ambitious and curious Staff Writer based in Bengaluru who can focus on tech and internet businesses, such as food delivery, e-commerce, and streaming, while also looking at how policy is shaping these areas. The reporter will tell stories that require an understanding of company strategy and culture and of the movers and shakers in these sectors. You will be in touch with founders, investment bankers, investors, employees, and analysts to tell those stories. You will chronicle the expansion of some of India s biggest internet firms; identify rising companies; use policy as a lens to document the shift in business; and also make an impact. We value original ideas, exclusive insight, and scoops that matter. WHO CAN APPLY We started The Ken with the desire to create a place where talented, ethical, and ambitious people could tell important stories. That s why both journalists and non-journalists who want to learn and improve; tell their own original stories; and develop and hone their own points of view can apply. Journalists: You should have at least five years of experience writing on businesses, with a strong network of sources. Non-journalists: If you re an industry expert with a talent for writing and a knack for simplifying complex ideas, we want to hear from you, too. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO Write at least three sharp, deeply reported stories each month, and bring fresh, original insights to our range of industry-leading newsletters. Build a deep and wide source network with employees, leaders, founders and investors in the companies you track. Have story ideas at all times. The best stories are told when ideas are not thrust upon, but come from an innate desire to tell them by working your sources. Come up with accurate, exclusive and counterintuitive stories that are well reported and well analysed in your beat. Quickly react to developments and explore newer angles to deliver a sharp and insightful story. Be innovative in exploring newer ways of storytelling and formats. This is a work-from-office role. . Please enter your name below to help us address you correctly. Start exploring The Ken Did you know? You dont need to enter OTP everytime on our app. Install now by scanning the QR code below Did you know? You dont need to enter OTP everytime on our app. Account successfully created This link has expired Introducing The Kens brand-new app. Install now by scanning the QR code below Introducing The Kens brand-new app. Install now. You are already logged in from two devices We allow only two web login sessions (desktop browser or mobile browser) per subscriber, and you have reached your maximum session limit. If you click continue, you will be logged out on all the other devices. Thanks! Logging you in Theres no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better. Gloria Steinem We allow only two web login sessions per subscriber, and you have reached your maximum session limit. If you click continue, you will be logged out on all the other devices. Thank you for visiting. Before you go, here s a chance to read some of our best stories. We have handpicked and unlocked some of our original and insightful stories for you to enjoy. Enter your email address to receive them directly in your inbox. Our anti-piracy system has flagged your account for suspicious activity and has temporarily paused your account. This may happen due to a number of reasons.
You will be joining The Ken, an organization that is gearing up for dramatic, non-linear innovations in the years 2025 and 2026. As a designer, you will be instrumental in expanding the company's products into new areas such as in-person events, community, careers, and leadership training. Your role will involve building and improving upon the existing products while embracing subscriber-centric design thinking, UX, UI, visual design, and typography. Over the next two years, you will have the opportunity to craft visually engaging experiences by combining typography, layout, imagery, and storytelling. You will also be involved in conceptualizing, prototyping, and launching new subscription products, collaborating across different teams, and designing seamless user experiences that encompass various mediums such as textual, visual, audio, video, and in-person offerings. We are seeking designers with 2-4 years of experience in product, UI, and UX design who are ambitious and thoughtful. While specific bullet points are not necessary, we expect you to showcase your past work, explain your workflows and collaboration styles, and share your insights on design choices, philosophies, and motivations for products, especially in the realms of journalism, learning, and community. In this role, you will be expected to research new ideas, conceptualize and prototype features, design user flows and experiences, analyze existing products for improvements, create UI interfaces, maintain design consistency, assist with front-end code, collaborate closely with teams, and develop a strong point of view about your work. Your ability to independently learn and grow in areas where you may not be as strong currently will be crucial. This is a full-time position based in Bengaluru, offering a diverse set of experiences that will prepare you for more ambitious roles within The Ken or elsewhere. The organization values talent and aims to provide an environment that fosters innovation and creativity with minimal hierarchies.,
We are looking for an ambitious and curious Staff Writer based in Bengaluru or Chennai who can write on tech manufacturing by covering companies like Apple, Foxconn, Tata Electronics, Dixon, etc., and also look at how policy is shaping these areas. You will be in touch with CEOs, employees, investors, analysts, and government officials to tell those stories. You will chronicle the expansion of some of India s biggest manufacturing companies; use policy as a lens to document the shift in business; and write stories that provide a ringside view of how India s manufacturing dreams are playing out. We value original ideas, exclusive insight, and scoops that matter. WHO CAN APPLY We started The Ken with the desire to create a place where talented, ethical, and ambitious people could tell important stories. That s why both journalists and non-journalists who want to learn and improve; tell their own original stories; and develop and hone their own points of view can apply. Journalists: You should have at least five years of experience writing on businesses, with a strong network of sources. Non-journalists: If you re an industry expert with a talent for writing and a knack for simplifying complex ideas, we want to hear from you, too. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO Write at least three sharp, deeply reported stories each month, and bring fresh, original insights to our range of industry-leading newsletters. Build a deep and wide source network with employees, leaders, founders and investors in the companies you track. Have story ideas at all times. The best stories are told when ideas are not thrust upon, but come from an innate desire to tell them by working your sources. Come up with accurate, exclusive and counterintuitive stories that are well reported and well analysed in your beat. Quickly react to developments and explore newer angles to deliver a sharp and insightful story. Be innovative in exploring newer ways of storytelling and formats. This is a work-from-office role. So you will need to come to the office at least three days a week. YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE Self-driven and ambitious, able to source original stories and insights from your network Able to synthesise multiple reporting perspectives into a compelling, explanatory narrative Able to see ahead of news cycles, and see what is likely to happen over a 6 12 month horizon Able to stick your neck out with informed opinions when required WHAT WE OFFER One of our tenets is to offer the most competitive salaries and meaningful benefits we can to our colleagues. Besides that, you get The latest Apple MacBook A flat, non-hierarchical, and open culture Health insurance Cutting-edge learning opportunities, whether it be on journalism or subscription products
We started The Ken with the desire to create a place where talented, ethical, and ambitious people could tell important stories. That s why both journalists and non-journalists who want to learn and improve; tell their own original stories; and develop and hone their own points of view can apply. Journalists: You should have at least five years of experience writing on businesses, with a strong network of sources. Non-journalists: If you re an industry expert with a talent for writing and a knack for simplifying complex ideas, we want to hear from you, too. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO Write at least three sharp, deeply reported stories each month, and bring fresh, original insights to our range of industry-leading newsletters. Build a deep and wide source network with employees, leaders, founders and investors in the companies you track. Have story ideas at all times. The best stories are told when ideas are not thrust upon, but come from an innate desire to tell them by working your sources. Come up with accurate, exclusive and counterintuitive stories that are well reported and well analysed in your beat. Quickly react to developments and explore newer angles to deliver a sharp and insightful story. Be innovative in exploring newer ways of storytelling and formats. This is a work-from-office role. So you will need to come to the office at least three days a week. YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE Self-driven and ambitious, able to source original stories and insights from your network Able to synthesise multiple reporting perspectives into a compelling, explanatory narrative Able to see ahead of news cycles, and see what is likely to happen over a 6 12 month horizon Able to stick your neck out with informed opinions when required
This is a critical role that bridges all three of The Ken’s foundational pillars — journalism, products and subscriptions. The Product Designer will operate across the entire breadth of The Ken’s offerings in order to create AI-first new subscriber products/experiences as well as strengthen existing ones. What we promise 2025 and 2026 are going to see dramatic, non-linear innovations from The Ken . And Design will play a pivotal role in our plans to expand our products into a variety of new spaces like in-person events, community, careers and leadership training. Even as we build out the “new and improved” versions of our current products. And we’re not even getting into how we believe that AI is going to fundamentally embed itself into our products and experiences. Since our inception in 2016, The Ken has invested disproportionate amounts of time, effort and money into building and improving products. We were the first in India to offer a subscription-only longform journalism. We were the first to launch premium subscriber-only newsletters. We were the first to launch premium, subscriber-only business podcasts. Our website and subscriber apps (for iOS, Android and iPad) have gone through multiple ambitious design evolutions. We pride ourselves on our subscriber-centric design thinking, UX and UI, visual design and typography. Put simply, great design is critical to The Ken . In our belief – and yes, we are biased – the next two years will be an incredible opportunity for a talented, ambitious and thoughtful designer. During these two years (and beyond, but that’s a matter for later), the product designer will: (a) Help conceptualize, prototype, build and launch multiple new subscription products (b) Collaborate across our newsroom, product and business teams, gaining tremendous perspectives on how to think about building premium and high-quality business journalism products. (c) Design seamless user experiences that bridge textual, visual, audio, video and in-person offerings (d) Harness the experience and insights from our incredible subscriber community including tens of thousands of individual, hundreds of organizations and dozens of premier educational institutions, into our products We are a lean organisation and try to avoid hierarchies as much as possible. Meaning, talented professionals can expect this to translate to a rich and diverse set of experiences, setting them up for either even more ambitious roles at The Ken (within or outside Design or Products) or outside. What we will expect We are looking for ambitious and thoughtful designers with 2-4 years of experience in product, UI and UX design. Given the fluidity of software, design functions and product development approaches, we don’t want to reduce your experience down to specific bullet points. But we will expect you to showcase the products you’ve worked on during your professional career. We will expect you to take us through your specific work in them. We will expect you to tell us about your workflows and collaboration styles. And we will expect you to have a point of view about the design choices, philosophies and motivations for important products, specifically in the space of journalism, learning and community. While your past experience may be “spiky” in certain areas, at The Ken we will expect you to be able to independently do the following over the next two years. This means you will be expected to learn and get better at areas you may currently not be strong at. (a) Research new product or feature ideas, through both primary and secondary approaches (b) Conceptualize and prototype them, from pencil sketches to whiteboard flows to software designs (c) Design user flows and experiences based on independent and ground-up thinking, based on The Ken’s unique contexts and subscriber community (d) Critically analyse existing products and features, to figure out how we can improve them for subscribers and better outcomes (e) Design UI interfaces and pixel-specific screens across our range of products, while conforming to and building upon our Design System. We do not like reinventing the wheel unless we absolutely have no choice. (f) Maintain design harmony over the breadth of products and experiences that The Ken offers, ranging from email newsletters to podcasts to workshops to in-person events (g) Assist Product and Engineering with faster execution by occasionally helping write or debug front-end code (h) Collaborate closely and frequently with various colleagues and teams to make sure Design becomes an enabler for faster innovation (i) Develop a studied point of view about the things you do, and communicate and convince your colleagues about it effectively. The role is a full-time role and based out of Bengaluru.
About The Ken The Ken is India’s first and largest subscriptions-based media company. Established in October 2016, we publish deeply reported, analytical, and well-narrated stories every day—across formats such as longform features, newsletters, and podcasts. Our subscriber community, the majority of whom are in India, comprise innovative and successful entrepreneurs and senior executives; venture capitalists; policy makers; MBA students; and dozens of companies. About the role Join The Ken to take on one of the biggest challenges—if not the biggest undertaking—in your professional career. We’re seeking researchers to join the team and help us uncover the untold stories about the greatest companies in India and the people who shape them. You’ll think like a historian, archivist, biographer, investor, consumer, and storyteller to craft comprehensive and exhaustive narratives in audio and written form. About you We’re looking for someone who has worked in investment research, business journalism, or documentary storytelling. You must be comfortable working with many types of materials—investor letters, oral histories, trade publications, media coverage, public company filings, and more to synthesise hundreds of pages into a focused storyline. Detail, precision, and intellectual rigour are crucial. What you are expected to do Become a walking wiki of India’s biggest companies — your deep dives will be unmatched Work with experienced podcast hosts and editors to develop timelines, story structures, and concept memos Build and maintain archives of sources and context documents Fact-check information, stress-test arguments when developing new insights, and shape broad narratives that have not been told holistically before People who may be a good fit Journalists who enjoy unearthing the under-appreciated inflection points in major companies’ histories Analysts who can isolate the fundamentals that make a company stand out Chartered accountants who want to put theory into practice by telling stories through company financials Stock nerds who can link disparate developments into a logical thesis for why a company excels Data wizards who mine troves of information to discover new conclusions about brands and businesses What you’ll get One of our tenets is to offer the most competitive salaries and meaningful benefits we can to our colleagues. Besides that, you get The latest Apple MacBook A flat, non-hierarchical, and open culture A universal ESOP plan Health insurance Cutting-edge learning opportunities, whether it be on journalism or subscription products Have questions? Mail us at [email protected] with the name of the position in the subject line.
About The Ken The Ken is India’s first and largest subscriptions-based media company. Established in October 2016, we publish deeply reported, analytical, and well-narrated stories every day—across formats such as longform features, newsletters, and podcasts. Our subscriber community, the majority of whom are in India, comprise innovative and successful entrepreneurs and senior executives; venture capitalists; policy makers; MBA students; and dozens of companies. About the role Join The Ken to take on one of the biggest challenges—if not the biggest undertaking—in your professional career. We’re seeking researchers to join the team and help us uncover the untold stories about the greatest companies in India and the people who shape them. You’ll think like a historian, archivist, biographer, investor, consumer, and storyteller to craft comprehensive and exhaustive narratives in audio and written form. About you We’re looking for someone who has worked in investment research, business journalism, or documentary storytelling. You must be comfortable working with many types of materials—investor letters, oral histories, trade publications, media coverage, public company filings, and more to synthesise hundreds of pages into a focused storyline. Detail, precision, and intellectual rigour are crucial. What you are expected to do Become a walking wiki of India’s biggest companies — your deep dives will be unmatched Work with experienced podcast hosts and editors to develop timelines, story structures, and concept memos Build and maintain archives of sources and context documents Fact-check information, stress-test arguments when developing new insights, and shape broad narratives that have not been told holistically before People who may be a good fit Journalists who enjoy unearthing the under-appreciated inflection points in major companies’ histories Analysts who can isolate the fundamentals that make a company stand out Chartered accountants who want to put theory into practice by telling stories through company financials Stock nerds who can link disparate developments into a logical thesis for why a company excels Data wizards who mine troves of information to discover new conclusions about brands and businesses What you’ll get One of our tenets is to offer the most competitive salaries and meaningful benefits we can to our colleagues. Besides that, you get The latest Apple MacBook A flat, non-hierarchical, and open culture A universal ESOP plan Health insurance Cutting-edge learning opportunities, whether it be on journalism or subscription products Have questions? Mail us at careers@the-ken.com with the name of the position in the subject line.
This is a critical role that bridges all three of The Ken's foundational pillars journalism, products and subscriptions. The Product Designer will operate across the entire breadth of The Ken's offerings in order to create AI-first new subscriber products/experiences as well as strengthen existing ones. What we promise 2025 and 2026 are going to see dramatic, non-linear innovations from The Ken . And Design will play a pivotal role in our plans to expand our products into a variety of new spaces like in-person events, community, careers and leadership training. Even as we build out the new and improved versions of our current products. And we're not even getting into how we believe that AI is going to fundamentally embed itself into our products and experiences. Since our inception in 2016, The Ken has invested disproportionate amounts of time, effort and money into building and improving products. We were the first in India to offer a subscription-only longform journalism. We were the first to launch premium subscriber-only newsletters. We were the first to launch premium, subscriber-only business podcasts. Our website and subscriber apps (for iOS, Android and iPad) have gone through multiple ambitious design evolutions. We pride ourselves on our subscriber-centric design thinking, UX and UI, visual design and typography. Put simply, great design is critical to The Ken . In our belief and yes, we are biased the next two years will be an incredible opportunity for a talented, ambitious and thoughtful designer. During these two years (and beyond, but that's a matter for later), the product designer will: (a) Help conceptualize, prototype, build and launch multiple new subscription products (b) Collaborate across our newsroom, product and business teams, gaining tremendous perspectives on how to think about building premium and high-quality business journalism products. (c) Design seamless user experiences that bridge textual, visual, audio, video and in-person offerings (d) Harness the experience and insights from our incredible subscriber community including tens of thousands of individual, hundreds of organizations and dozens of premier educational institutions, into our products We are a lean organisation and try to avoid hierarchies as much as possible. Meaning, talented professionals can expect this to translate to a rich and diverse set of experiences, setting them up for either even more ambitious roles at The Ken (within or outside Design or Products) or outside. What we will expect We are looking for ambitious and thoughtful designers with 2-4 years of experience in product, UI and UX design. Given the fluidity of software, design functions and product development approaches, we don't want to reduce your experience down to specific bullet points. But we will expect you to showcase the products you've worked on during your professional career. We will expect you to take us through your specific work in them. We will expect you to tell us about your workflows and collaboration styles. And we will expect you to have a point of view about the design choices, philosophies and motivations for important products, specifically in the space of journalism, learning and community. While your past experience may be spiky in certain areas, at The Ken we will expect you to be able to independently do the following over the next two years. This means you will be expected to learn and get better at areas you may currently not be strong at. (a) Research new product or feature ideas, through both primary and secondary approaches (b) Conceptualize and prototype them, from pencil sketches to whiteboard flows to software designs (c) Design user flows and experiences based on independent and ground-up thinking, based on The Ken's unique contexts and subscriber community (d) Critically analyse existing products and features, to figure out how we can improve them for subscribers and better outcomes (e) Design UI interfaces and pixel-specific screens across our range of products, while conforming to and building upon our Design System. We do not like reinventing the wheel unless we absolutely have no choice. (f) Maintain design harmony over the breadth of products and experiences that The Ken offers, ranging from email newsletters to podcasts to workshops to in-person events (g) Assist Product and Engineering with faster execution by occasionally helping write or debug front-end code (h) Collaborate closely and frequently with various colleagues and teams to make sure Design becomes an enabler for faster innovation (i) Develop a studied point of view about the things you do, and communicate and convince your colleagues about it effectively. The role is a full-time role and based out of Bengaluru.